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Contract Worker, Creative Writer, Educator

Location:
Derby, KS
Posted:
August 26, 2022

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Resume:

Work Experience

IATSE Local *** September ****-Present

Local Stagehand

●Set & Stage Construction

●Audio/Visusal Tech

Leadfoot Express July 2021-August 2022

Driver

●Transported freight

●Met delivery deadlines

Best Cabs September 2019-July 2021

Driver

●Transported clients

●Provided non-emergency medical ambulance service.

Salisbury Construction Supply July 2018-September 2019

Warehouse Manager

●Processed incoming freight

●Maintained warehouse inventory

Grove’s Liquor July 2017-July 2018

Retail Sales Associate & Store Security

●Stocked and Maintained Inventory

●Customer service

Television News Producer August 2015-January 2016

KSN News, Wichita, Kansas

●Gathered and edited news content

●Developed Story Ideas for Reporters

Test Operator January 2013-August 2013

Integra Technologies, Wichita, Kansas

●Maintained ESD safe and ISO-9000 Quality Standards

●Extensively Documented Test Findings & Procedures

Teaching Experience

School Age Before &After School Director January 2017-January 2018

Wichita YMCA

Library Media Specialist August 2016- January 2017

Wichita Public Schools, William Allan White Elementary School

Adjunct Instructor December 2015-August 2016

ITT Technical Institute

●Student Advising

●Composition and Rhetoric Instruction

English Language Arts Teacher June 2014-August 2015

Winfield Middle School, Winfield, Kansas

●Common Core Curriculum Development and Alignment

●Data Based Student Progress Monitoring

●Reading and Literacy Intervention

Alternative Education Instructor August 2013-May 2014

Project Encore, El Dorado, Kansas

●Common Core Curriculum Development

●Cross Content Learning and Instruction

●Student Motivational Coaching

Student Teacher (Literature & Language Arts) August 2012-December 2012

Wichita High School East, Wichita, Kansas

●Kagen Learning Structures

●Classroom Management & Enrichment

Cooperative ParaEducator (Algebra & Geometry) February 2011-May 2012

Wichita High School Southeast, Wichita Kansas

●Classroom Monitoring & Proctoring

●Individual Tutoring & Mentoring

●Class-Within-Class Engagement

Education

Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas August 2012-December 2012

●Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education

●Kansas State Licensure: English & Language Arts (6-12)

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas August 2003-December 2009

●Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting (Graduate Cum Laude)

●Bachelor of Science in Journalism

●Bachelor of Arts in English

Skills

Strong Creative Content Development & Editing Skills. Adept in AP, APA, MLA writing styles. Flexible, adaptable, & capable with digital & 35mm SLR Cameras. PC & Mac Literate. Experienced with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, InCopy, HTML, Blogger, Wordpress, Social Media, OdysseyWare & ESIS. Experienced with Web & Print Publishing, FinalCut Pro, iMovie, iTunes, Book Design & Layout, eBook Design, Illustration, Photo Illustration, Printmaking, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Ceramics, Sculpture, & Microsoft Office Suites

Honors

Dean’s List, Wichita State University, College of Education 2012

Nominee, David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award 2009

Recipient, Grant K. Goodman Playwriting Award 2006, 2007, 2008

Member, Gold Key National Honor Society 2007

Winner, American Vision Award, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2003

Publications

Atlas: A Novel (The Atlas Trilogy, Book 1) 2012

Piano Music Continues (Four Short Plays) 2015

References

Paul Stephen Lim

(M.F.A. Thesis Chair and Mentor Playwright)

Professor Emeritus, English

University of Kansas

****@**.***

Nancy Sturm

(College Instructor, Education)

Wichita State University

Campus Box 104,1845 Fairmount

Wichita KS 67260-0123

*****.*.*****@*****.***

John Perkins

(Cooperating Teacher, Mentor)

Wichita High School East

2301 E. Douglas

Wichita, KS 67211

********@******.***

316-***-****

Kris Ehling

(MTSS Facilitator, Mentor)

*********@***.***

Brooks Middle School

316-***-****

Stucky Middle School

316-***-****

Jennifer Peterson

(Cooperating Teacher, Mentor)

Wichita High School East

2301 E. Douglas

Wichita, KS 67211

**********@******.***

Andrea Ayers

(Friend)

2612 Rawhide Ln.

Lawrence, KS 66046.

********@***.***

785-***-****



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